Verified hospo marketplace · Melbourne

Hospitality shifts, filled fast.

Do you hospo? I hospo.

Verified Melbourne cafés, bars and restaurants — post a shift, we match you with a verified, award-paid worker. $10 per filled shift — no subscription, no lock-in. Workers keep 100% of the wage, paid same-day via PayID. Workers always pay nothing.

Post your first shift→See a sample invoice

Wage held securely until you approveAward rate floor enforcedSame-day PayID release

Sample shift cost

Weekday brunch · 1 barista · 8 hours

Award floor

L2 Casual · MA000119

Worker rate · $35.55/hr × 8h100% to the worker — paid same day via PayID$284.40

iHospo platform feeflat — no percentage, no markup on wages$10.00

NPP PayID transferwe move the money for you$0.10

What you pay total$294.50

Effective hourly$36.81/hr

iHospo holds the wage securely and releases it to the worker the same day you approve the shift. The award rate is enforced as the minimum — no underpaid workers, no race-to-the-bottom. Workers handle their own super and tax (ABN or Statement by Supplier).

Same shift, elsewhere

Traditional agency30% markup (Drake, Randstad)$369.72save $75.22
Sidekicker25% bundled EOR markup$355.50save $61.00
Supp~12% café fee + worker membership$318.53save $24.03

And on iHospo the worker pays nothing. Supp charges workers a monthly membership; we don't. Workers earn more on iHospo for the same job.

The Math

Your last labour-hire invoice had a 22% line you couldn't explain.

Traditional labour-hire platforms bill a bundled rate that hides their markup. iHospo is a transparent marketplace: you pay the worker's wage (100% to them), a flat $10 platform fee, and the $0.10 NPP transfer cost. Three lines. Nothing else.

Markup-based platforms

Bundled bill rate~$40+/hr

Worker actually receives~$32/hr (gross)

What the platform takes22–28%

Itemised breakdownHidden

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iHospo

Three lines

Worker wage (100% to them)$35.55/hr

iHospo platform fee (per filled shift)$10.00

NPP PayID transfer (per filled shift)$0.10

Weekday brunch · 1 barista · 8 hours$294.50

Effective $36.81/hr — flat fee doesn't scale with shift size

You save $50+/shiftvs ~25% bundled markup at ~$355

*Restaurant Industry Award MA000119 Level 2 casual floor. Workers are independent contractors who handle their own super and PAYG; iHospo is the platform that connects and pays them on the café's behalf, not their employer.

Savings calculator

See what you'd save vs Supp's ~12% per-shift fee

Filled shifts per month20

Drag to model your venue's actual volume.

Average shift wage$220

$258 = an 8h Saturday brunch barista at award rate. $220 = a 6h weekday lunch shift.

Supp's café fee %12%

Supp typically 10–15% per filled shift, plus a separate worker membership.

Your monthly bill

On Suppwage + 12% Supp fee

$4,928.00

On iHospo (flat $10/shift)20 × $10 flat platform fee

$4,602.00

Monthly savings

$326.00

Annual savings

$3,912.00

Both platforms pay the same wage. The difference is the platform fee — Supp is a percentage that scales with shift size; iHospo is flat. And on iHospo the worker pays nothing — Supp charges them a separate monthly membership.

How It Works

Post a shift, match in minutes, paid same day.

Post the shift

Date, time, role, rate (must be at or above the award floor). Save as a template. Most cafés post in 45 seconds.

A worker matches

Workers browse and apply. We auto-match the best fit by reliability, distance and skills. Your card is charged the moment they're locked in — wage held securely.

They turn up, do the shift

Check in, work the hours, check out. Both sides rate each other. The wage stays held securely until you approve the timesheet.

Worker is paid same day

On approval, we release the wage to the worker via NPP PayID — the same day you approve the timesheet. They keep 100%. We keep our $10 fee.

Pricing

$10 per filled shift. Workers always free.

One flat fee, no markup on wages, no worker-side fees. Workers always pay nothing — Supp charges them a monthly membership; we don't.

We hold the standards every gig platform should — and publish them.

Wage held securely

When a worker confirms, we charge your card and hold the wage securely. It releases to the worker via NPP PayID the same day you approve their timesheet.

Award rate is the floor

We're a marketplace — the law doesn't require us to enforce the award. We do anyway. Cafés can't post below the Restaurant Industry Award (MA000119) casual rate. No race to the bottom.

Worker pays nothing — ever

No sign-up fee. No monthly membership. No deduction from the wage. Supp charges workers a monthly membership; we don't. The café pays $10 per match — that's our whole revenue model.

Verified both sides

Workers: photo ID, right-to-work, bidirectional ratings. Venues: ABN-matched director, card on file, first-shift admin review. Bad-faith venues are removed after one substantiated dispute.

Founding venues

We're onboarding our first Melbourne cafés

iHospo is new — so rather than invent testimonials, here's what a founding venue can hold us to from day one. Every promise below is published and verifiable.

One flat fee, forever

$10 when a shift is filled. Workers pay nothing. No subscription, no lock-in, no account manager to decode a bill.

Wages held, workers paid same day

We hold the wage the moment a worker is confirmed and release it by PayID the day the shift is approved — so no one is ever left short.

The award is the floor

Every shift is priced at or above the Restaurant Award before it can be posted. Compliance is handled — you never have to check.

Become a founding venue

Are you a barista, waitperson, cook or kitchen hand?

We built iHospo so workers keep 100% of their wages. No cut. Award rate floor enforced. Paid same day via PayID.

Learn more → iHospo for workers